7 August 1922 \u2013 Primate Metropolitan CONON AR\u0102MESCU-DONICI passed away<\/p>\n
in Bucharest. Studies at the Seminaries of Neam\u021b and Socola. He studied<\/p>\n
at the Faculty of Science and Philology of Ia\u0219i (graduated in 1877),<\/p>\n
later on at the Faculty of Theology of Cern\u0103u\u021bi (1880 \u2013 1885), where he<\/p>\n
was awarded a doctor\u2019s degree. Monk at Neam\u021b Monastery (1859) and<\/p>\n
ordained hierodeacon for Socola Monastery, later on hieromonk and<\/p>\n
protosingelos. Professor at the National Secondary School, then at the<\/p>\n
Normal Schools for boys and girls of Ia\u0219i (1877 \u2013 1880); after coming<\/p>\n
back from studies he worked at the Normal Schools too, at the Boarding<\/p>\n
Secondary School and at Veniamin Seminary. Ordained archmandrite and<\/p>\n
appointed preacher at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Ia\u0219i. In 1897 he is<\/p>\n
ordained hierarch, with the title of “B\u0103c\u0103oanul\u201d, Bishop locum tenens of<\/p>\n
Roman (July 1899 \u2013 February 1900), on 8 February 1902 elected Bishop of<\/p>\n
Hu\u0219i; on 14 February elected Primate Metropolitan of Romania \u2013 retired<\/p>\n
from the position on 1 January 1914. During his pastoral rule The<\/p>\n
Synodal Bible of 1914 was printed; during the German occupation from<\/p>\n
1916 \u2013 1918 he remained with his faithful in Bucharest.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
7 August 1922 \u2013 Primate Metropolitan CONON AR\u0102MESCU-DONICI passed away in Bucharest. Studies at the Seminaries of Neam\u021b and Socola. He studied at the Faculty of Science and Philology of Ia\u0219i (graduated in 1877), later on at the Faculty of Theology of Cern\u0103u\u021bi (1880 \u2013 1885), where he was awarded a doctor\u2019s degree. Monk at…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anniversaries-and-commemorations"],"yoast_head":"\n